RE: Doppleganger and Instructor cards.

Greetings all,

I'm sure many have asked this before - well those of us who discovered Talisman too late to apply for the Promo cards anyway, but does anyone know if there are any spares hanging around. My gaming group is loving Talisman as present and it would be a good boost to our collection tp have those cards.

If there's no leads I'll just print them off from the internet instead. I thought it worth asking though.

Thanks.

"Nai Tiruvantel varyuvantel I Valar tielyanna nu vilya."

Halbarad said:

Well, the promo cards must be hard to beat. There have only been a handful of them on eBay. One sold as high as $160, another at $140, a couple others at the $100 mark. It took almost a month after they were out to people for anyone to list them.

I would imagine though that they will be available again in the future, possibly through the next expansion.

Ironclaw said:

Yeah they better have them included in an eventual expansion, or else there will be a lot of mad people. $160 for two extra cards is just too much, and really not fair to a lot of loyal Talisman players.

But probably in next exp. there will be two new cards...over and over again...

I have buy mine promo cards yesterday for US 71,00 ( excluding sending cost. Lucky me

It is more then cost of upg. pack...hate this promos...all customers should get it...

These promo cards are NOT worth the money people are paying for them. Although count me in with those that hate the idea of "exclusive" promo cards. I do hope that FFG does print them in further expansions as I won't pay extra money for them. Nonetheless, I don't feel they are a "must have."

The card text themselves yeah, are probably not must haves. But it does suck when one of your favorite games does something like this because if you love it you want to complete your set, etc. I hate random promos and stuff because it plays into our completist nature if we really love the game, and also because I like board games over card games and such because usually you can buy the game and expansions and get everything. Promo cards go against that.

That being said, there is no way I would ever spend $160 for these two cards. People will probably kill me for saying this, but I found the two promos on ebay buy it now for $15.00 closer to when they were first released, so luckily I don't have to worry about it too much.

Though, I still wouldn't mind a second copy of each one.

What do you think about the white dwarf cards from the third edition. They are extra cards that you cannot get in the expanions or main edition.

You must buy those magazines to get those cards.

If this will happen again, then i buy it, to complete my set...

So, if they are promo cards gonna be released, then i want to collect it

Promo cards are for suckers.

I hate that this concept is being used for such a great game.

Reading your posts, I now realise how lucky I was. Orc's Nest in London give the cards for free when you buy your game or upgrade pack there. The guy at the till just pulled them out of a box and put them into my bag...

And in my country the upg. pack/Reaper appears at half January. There was no chance top get promos.

Arfi said:

I'm not sure why... I bought my upgrade pack in mid january. And still got given the cards.

Crazy! I had no idea the cards were reaching such astronomical prices. I agree with what others are saying in that Promo cards should be a gift to all loyal players of Talisman rather than being sold at inflated prices. But then it's not FFG gaining from this and if players are willing to pay those prices then "more fool them" I say.

Right I'm off to print them off the website and sitkc 'em with some glue - that works for me

Thanks for all the pointers guys.

Halbarad Dunadain

That's the thing that really makes it stupid. Is that yeah, FFG isn't even getting the $$ that is being made from the promos on ebay. I think most of us would gladly have bought them from FFG for a small price or something like that. Instead random crooked people on ebay get to make $160 each.

Mattr0polis said:

I agree. I did a fair bit of emailing to FFG and my the game shop I buy from to make sure that I would be able to get the promo cards wen I ordered the Reaper and it all turned out in the end. If it hadn't I would have been printing them out myself.

I DO object to scalpers making insane amounts of money off these things. That is morally wrong IMHO.

Given that FFG included the Black industries Promo cards in their revised version of Talisman, I think we might see the promo cards released into the game at a later stage. That is just conjecture on my part, however.

You guys whine way too freaking much. I swear it is like I am reading a board full of 8 year olds that didn't get a candy bar after mom bought them a cake. It's not like the promo cards are super special.. We have the Academy, which is Identical to the Instructor, and the Doppleganger is just a Strength version of another card. Quit your whining, print the stupid cards out, and continue playing.

liverpoolfc said:

And then what happens the NEXT time there's promos? Maybe they won't be so similar. And I could care less how good the cards are. I just want them because I love Talisman. That's why we're complaining.

I agree.

We want them because we love the game, and so we want also all official cards.

I don't like it if i must do it with printed cards, if they are also official cards.

I am happy that some people sell the cards. Now i have nothing to worry about.

If the cards will be release in future expanions, then i have still my promo's for my collection.

Yes, and after 10 expansions You will be missing 20 cards (or more). That is a bit?

Velhart said:

I bought the whole set of FFG Talisman online (Base set, Upgrade pack and Reaper)and didn't receive any promo card. I'm not worried though. Promo cards are likely to be reprinted in future expansions. For instance, Rod of Ruin was a promo card for BI Talisman and now it's included in the Reaper Expansion. FFG decided to put it on the top of a card package and it is the first card to see when you open the box.

I'm pretty sure we'll find both Instructor and Doppelganger in the next expansion box (Dungeon?).

Mattr0polis said:

Print them out. Free Cards!

liverpoolfc said:

I agree this is a good substitute. But it will never be better than the actual cards. And for my favorite games, I like to have the best.